Clever item of clothing alert!
It’s probably quite hard to see what’s going with this piece (and I’m calling it a piece because I have no idea what it should be called, and judging by the title neither do Graniph) from the pic, but the yellow piece of material is actually sewn onto the grey part, and you can have it unzipped, fully zipped, or mess around with having it partially zipped low, high, or in the middle as shown. I think it’s quite cool, but I’m a guy and they don’t make a male version, so I don’t have to think about whether I’d actually wear it, ladies, what do you think?
Costiness= JPY 3,500 Available from Graniph
I don’t keep up with this stuff too much, but I’m pretty sure that La Roux are hot property right now, they were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, so they’re probably extremely cool.
Graniph actually included their debut CD in their latest package, and whilst I’ve not given it a good listen (a single run-through whilst doing a million other things) I was pretty impressed with what I heard. Of course, the ability to fashion an excellent pop tunes doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to be similarly talented when it comes to t-shirt design (though it is fairly likely that a musician will be a have some skill as a t-shirt designer since both tasks require a creative mind).
I like the tee, it has the feel of a crest without actually being a crest (note to self: worst description ever). It also looks kind of like a chicken with a beehive hairstyle… I’d better stop writing before this post gets any weirder (and it started out so well!).
The annual Graniph Design Award is an international competition open to everyone and anyone regardless of age, location or experience. This year’s competition saw over 10,000 entries land on our doorstep here in Tokyo, representing a diverse range of talent from all over the world. A huge thanks to everyone who entered!
After long night’s and heated debates we’ve finally selected a winner to take home the huge cash prize of JPY1,000,000, as well as 5 Silver Prize winners, 10 Bronze Prize winners, and 7 Magazine-Choice awards.
This year’s gold prize winner is Choi Hwang Ho from Korea. Choi’s cheeky stenciled design enamored our judges with it’s striking simplicity and it looks amazing on a tee. She takes home the grand prize of a staggering ¥1,000,000!!
All designs will be printed on limited edition tees, available at all graniph store and www.graniph.com from August. Don’t miss out!!
When I first took a look at the winners, I must admit that I wasn’t overly impressed, some of the designs seemed a bit simple to warrant the lofty title of being Graniph Design Award winners, but the more I look at them (and now that one of them is sat right behind me in the office), they are starting to grow on me, and Graniph’s design style does tend to be fairly restrained so these designs fit well with their aesthetic. There’s 23 winners (by my hasty count), so it’s safe to presume that you’ll like something from the selection.
Check out the other winners in the gallery, and this page on the Graniph site will provide you with all the purchasing links you need.
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I’m such a sucker for ‘fake’ tees, not fake as in ‘Kalvin Clein’ or ‘Louis Vitton’ of ‘Hyde Your Arms’, but tees that make you do a double-take and question what you’re seeing for a just a second. This tee does a pretty good job of that, it raises a smile, and if that isn’t a good enough reason for wearing a tee then I don’t know what is.
Costiness=JPY 2,500 (about $23.75) Available from Graniph [via Rumplo]
